Maintenance&Management of Infrastructure

Numbering Code P-MGT75 60103 LE44 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language English Day/Period Fri.1
Instructor name YAMAMOTO TAKASHI (Graduate School of Management Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The purpose of this course is to provide systematic knowledge for strategic maintenance and management of infrastructure, covering techniques of the software and hardware, with some practical case studies. And it also provides the latest information of “asset management” system, including standardization of ISO 55000’s.
Lectures, discussions and student presentations will be combined.
Course Goals The goal of this course is to obtain the basic knowledge of an asset management of infrastructures. For that goal, students learn various cases of practical maintenance and management of lifelines and/or transportation systems. Each student has an assignment regarding the practical maintenance and management of infrastructures. They can deepen the understanding of an asset management through the assignment.
Schedule and Contents The infrastructure is a base of a social life and economic activities. And the role of the maintenance and management of infrastructures becomes more and more important all over the world. Through this course, students will understand the concept of strategic maintenance and asset management of infrastructure.

1. Overview : The role and present situation of infrastructure
2. Maintenance of structures 1 : Design and construction of structures
3. Maintenance of structures 2 : Deterioration of concrete structures
4. Maintenance of structures 3 : Deterioration of steel structures
5. Maintenance of structures 4 : Performance evaluation
6. Maintenance of structures 5 : Performance prediction
7. Maintenance of structures 6 : Remedial measures and monitoring of structures
8. Asset management 1 : Definition and the fundamental elements
9. Asset management 2 : Background, the case of Japan
10. Asset management 3 : Framework of AM
11. Asset management 4 : Technologies for AM, system and data-base
12. Asset management 5 : Engineers and organizations
13. Asset management 6 : Introduction of ISO55000's
14. Presentation and discussion 1
15. Presentation and discussion 2
Evaluation Methods and Policy Class participation: 50%, Assignments: 50%
Course Requirements Basic knowledge of statistic.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) After the lecture, students should review the contents well and do their homework.
Textbooks Textbooks/References No specific textbooks are used. Copies of reading assignments will be distributed.
References, etc. References are introduced as necessary.
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